Couldn’t agree more with Dave (which seems to be a superset of what randy said). Joao
> On 12 May 2026, at 17:24, Dave Knight <[email protected]> wrote: > > > The current process seems fine, we always seem to have enough chairs, they > seem to be doing a good job, so I'm hesitant to suggest change when the > status quo is apparently a-ok. That said... > > > A few years ago, having observed that the first person nominated more often > than not went on to become the new chair, we adopted the practice of asking > for nominations to be sent to the wg chairs, so that the list of nominees > could be released to the wg at one time, removing the suggestion of a first > mover advantage. We may want to document that. > > > It has been stated several times over the years that "we don't vote". I > wouldn't say that. What we do sure looks a lot like voting. Also, the current > process speaks to: "[4] At the end of a co-chair's term, the WG will decide > by consensus who is appointed to the available co-chair position. In the > event of a tie, the consensus tied candidates will draw lots." > > A tie, in the totally-not-voting mechanism of arriving at consensus? > > If I was to suggest any actual change to the process it would be an > acknowledgement that we do, in fact, vote. > > > dave > > > >> On May 12, 2026, at 3:22 PM, Moritz Müller via dns-wg <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> Dear RIPE DNS-WG, >> >> During the previous selection process of a new co-chair (in the run-up to >> RIPE 91), some discussion sparked offline and online on whether the current >> process of selecting a co-chair for this working group is still adequate. >> The current process is described here [1]. >> >> We hereby invite the community to provide feedback on the current selection >> process. >> >> Note that the current selection for a new working group co-chair will not be >> affected by this discussion. Any potential changes to the selection process >> will only come into action after RIPE 92. >> >> You still have until Monday to express your support for the new co-chair. >> >> - >> Moritz Müller for the RIPE DNS working group co-chairs (Ulrich, Yevheniya >> and me) >> >> [1] >> https://www.ripe.net/participate/ripe/wg/dns/dns-wg-chair-selection-process >> ----- >> To unsubscribe from this mailing list or change your subscription options, >> please visit: https://mailman.ripe.net/mailman3/lists/dns-wg.ripe.net/ >> As we have migrated to Mailman 3, you will need to create an account with >> the email matching your subscription before you can change your settings. >> More details at: https://www.ripe.net/membership/mail/mailman-3-migration/ > > > ----- > To unsubscribe from this mailing list or change your subscription options, > please visit: https://mailman.ripe.net/mailman3/lists/dns-wg.ripe.net/ > As we have migrated to Mailman 3, you will need to create an account with the > email matching your subscription before you can change your settings. > More details at: https://www.ripe.net/membership/mail/mailman-3-migration/ ----- To unsubscribe from this mailing list or change your subscription options, please visit: https://mailman.ripe.net/mailman3/lists/dns-wg.ripe.net/ As we have migrated to Mailman 3, you will need to create an account with the email matching your subscription before you can change your settings. More details at: https://www.ripe.net/membership/mail/mailman-3-migration/
